There was a reference in my remarks to Canada's international obligations. While the focus has quite understandably been largely domestic in terms of existing precedent and policy, there is also a corpus of international law with which this dovetails quite effectively, mandating the upholding of equality protections and also validating prohibitions on group-vilifying hate.
This also brings Canada's legislation, and particularly the components that I referenced in my remarks, in line with international standards. This is something that has, again, been decided domestically by the Supreme Court. Also, there is a corpus of international law and a number of international cases that uphold the legality of these provisions.
